• Hawaii State Senate Requests Study of Broadband Access [telecom]

    From Bill Horne@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 10 15:51:06 2022
    Requesting The Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office To Conduct A
    Data Mapping Study To Identify Geographically Underserved And Unserved
    Areas In The State That Lack Quality Broadband Connectivity.

    BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the
    State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office
    (Office) is requested to conduct a data mapping study to identify geographically underserved and unserved areas in the State that lack
    quality broadband connectivity; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting its mapping study, the
    Office is requested to use the broadband definitions of "underserved"
    and "unserved" in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 2021,
    Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office is requested to make
    adjustments, while preserving high granularity, in the mapping to best
    align with the Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data
    Collection program that is scheduled to launch this upcoming summer
    and is driven by the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act, which allows for upload by organizations in addition
    to the cable and telecom carriers and includes broadband fabric data
    to identify every serviceable location in Hawaii

    https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/SCR41_HD1_.HTM

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    ***** Moderator's Note *****

    Sometimes, I come across things which cause me to scratch my head and
    think "Why bother?" This is one of them.

    AFAICT, the Hawaii Senate is telling The Hawaii Broadband And Digital
    Equity Office to copy the map the FCC is about to prepare. Would
    someone please tell me why they would do that?

    Bill Horne
    Moderator

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